Amazon CloudWatch vs Splunk Observability Cloud

See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

Amazon CloudWatch

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USD · US · source: aws.amazon.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Free Tier	Free Free tier	Usage · monthly free allowances	Standalone · Free
Pay as you go	USD 0.3 monthly $0.30 per custom metric/month at the first paid tier in US East	Usage · per custom metric per month	Standalone · Usage based

Splunk Observability Cloud

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USD · US · source: www.splunk.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Infrastructure	USD 15 / month with annual commitment Starts at $15/host/month billed annually	Unit · per host per month, billed annually	Standalone · Starting at
App & Infrastructure Highlighted	USD 60 / month with annual commitment Starts at $60/host/month billed annually	Unit · per host per month, billed annually	Standalone · Starting at
End-to-End	USD 75 / month with annual commitment Starts at $75/host/month billed annually	Unit · per host per month, billed annually	Standalone · Starting at

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

Amazon CloudWatch

Free Tier

Plan card Logs: 5 GB

Included
Plan card Custom metrics: 10

Included
Plan card Custom dashboards: 3

Included

Pay as you go

Plan card Live Tail overage: $0.01/minute

Included
Plan card OpenTelemetry metrics ingest: $0.50/GB

Included
Plan card Volume-tiered usage pricing: Included

Splunk Observability Cloud

Infrastructure

Plan card Infrastructure monitoring: Included
Plan card Log Observer Connect: Included
Plan card Synthetic uptime monitoring: Included

App & Infrastructure

Plan card Application performance monitoring: Included
Plan card Infrastructure monitoring: Included
Plan card AlwaysOn profiling: Included

End-to-End

Plan card Database monitoring: Included
Plan card Application and infrastructure monitoring: Included
Plan card Secure Application: Included

How their prices changed

Each dated row shows the public prices observed when that vendor’s pricing page changed.

Amazon CloudWatch

August 27, 2026 Source
- Free Tier: Free
- Pay as you go: USD 0.3 monthly

Splunk Observability Cloud

August 27, 2026 Source
- Infrastructure: USD 15 / month with annual commitment
- App & Infrastructure: USD 60 / month with annual commitment
- End-to-End: USD 75 / month with annual commitment